Cupping

Now that harvest is over in Costa Rica it's cupping time! We have been cupping pre ship samples almost daily in the office in VT. The new crop coffees are great! Looking forward to the rest of the seasons pre ships.

Jardin Colombia

Well the harvest is over in Costa Rica and awaiting the arrival of the new crop coffees.
With our mill in Jardin Colombia we will be returning in May and touring the farms
and cupping the coffees from these farms.

The Office Farm

Started the Office farm today with 3 of the 4 Varietals from La Minita.

Sorting

The Density sorting table in BRT.

Bio Mass Furnace

 
This is the Bio Mass furnace at La Minita. We use parchment which is a renewable fuel source and a free byproduct from coffee milling. This machine burns at over 85% efficiency so we have reduced the amount of wood needed to dry our coffee.
We also have another furnace at our Rio Negro farm.

View from the South

This is a view from the south looking at La Minita.

Leaf cutter ants

 

Some Leaf cutter ants on the way down to the mill at La Minita.

Hand Cleaning

 
This was in the hand cleaning room at La Minita. The women here have great attention to detail and can pick out any bean that is not perfect. On average the can clean around 50 lbs of coffee a day. The mill will be running for at least 2 more weeks and then the dry mill should run for around another month.